The graduated approach should be led and coordinated by the setting SENCo working with and supporting individual practitioners in the setting. A case file for the child should be set up to include, a tracking log recording all the actions taken and copies of ILDPs, emotional regulation plans and reviews, letters, reports and assessments & observations.

This file will then become a clear chronological record of the Early Years setting’s SEND Support for the child and can provide good evidence for a request for further support if it is needed.

Children receiving SEN Support must be on the setting’s ‘SEND Register’.